<Question No. 1.>--281. This includes 84 men engaged by me for the herring fishing, which on only begins on the 12th August. These men fish to other curers at the ling-fishing during the summer, and only] come to me for the herring fishing. They get no goods from me, nor cash advances, but receive the gross value of their fish in one payment when the fishing is over. <Question No. 2>.--£788, 1s. 21/2d. This represents the gross amount of the store accounts charged, and includes (the answer to question No. 4) all fishing expenses, and in some cases may included small advances in cash. <Question No. 3>.--£1048, 19s. 111/2d. This answer includes rent paid for the men, and should be-- Cash advanced ....... £481 11 7 Rents paid, ............. 567 8 41/2 £1048 19 111/2 <Question No. 5.>--£2729, 8s. 71/2d. This sum includes £432 due for herrings to the 84 men mentioned in note on answer No. 1. <Question No. 6.>--£412, 1s. 21/2d. This includes the sum of £21, 5s. 61/2d. received from fishermen at settlement. <Question No. 7.>--All sums <due> to the fishermen were <paid> at settlement. <Question No. 8>.--This includes £432 paid to the 84 men mentioned in note on answer No. 1 for herrings. TABLE III.--FAROE FISHING--SEASON 1867. [Page 27] 1. No. of Fishermen employed 2. Amount of Goods debited to Fishermen. 3. Cash advanced before Settlement. 4. Fishing Expenses charged to the Men. 5. Gross Sum credited to Men for Fish. 6. Gross Sum credited to them for Stock, etc. 7. Cash due to Fishermen at Settlement. 8. Cash paid to them at Settlement. 9.1. No. of Fishermen indebted at Settlement of 1866. 9.2. Total Debts 10.1. No. of Fishermen indebted at Settlement of 1867. 10.2. Total Debts 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 A, 47 £234 15 5.5 £141 6 0 B, 71 323 3 6.5 221 9 61/2 C, 41 221 11 0 196 18 11 D, 91 839 15 9.5 451 13 9 E, 11 20 10 9.5 13 15 0 F, 148 481 18 1.5 432 6 12 G, 31 122 0 3 80 8 2 H, 69 362 3 4 229 19 2 509 £2605 18 31/2 £1767 17 6 †J 28 163 10 11 51 7 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 A, £46 17 9 £656 5 9 £0 0 0 B, 32 16 6.5 901 14 91/2 0 0 0 C, 42 5 7 457 16 0 98 11 8 D, 0 0 0* 1696 1 1 0 0 0 E, 16 12 7 98 5 91/2 2 18 9 F, 331 14 6 1667 8 4 44 12 7 G, 14 13 6 312 5 11 0 0 0 H, 29 16 0 828 15 10 0 0 0 £514 16 51/2 £6618 13 6 £146 3 0 †J £14 14 11 171 0 0 42 6 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 9.1 A, £183 15 01/2 £183 15 01/2 20 B, 294 11 11/2 294 11 11/2 31 C, 88 7 6 89 7 6 17 D, 478 4 11 478 4 11 55 E, 50 19 21/2 50 19 21/2 1 F, 443 11 9 373 9 01/2 34 G, 99 8 31/2 99 8 31/2 3 H, 265 10 11 265 10 11 58 £1904 8 9 £1835 6 01/2 219 †J 0 19 1 0 19 1 25 9.2 9.2 9.2 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.2 A, £81 5 81/2 8 £31 14 2 B, 164 1 101/2 23 134 7 10 C, 60 12 11 15 54 8 3 D, 307 0 4 22 141 16 01/2 E, 0 16 2 1 1 9 6 F, 164 0 2 26 133 13 91/2 G, 10 7 7 9 14 6 10 H, 232 1 4 21 58 13 7 £1020 6 1 125 £570 10 0 †J 86 5 5 28 137 7 41/2